Now I want all of the text: ChartLabels, ChartLegends and tick labels in Helvetica. Can I do this with a single property, or do I have to add the property for each of the three elements separately? And how do I either?

@cormullion My only defense is that I was using it before it was overused (I think). Here it merely serves as a distinctive font I have available. I used Comic Sans for that purpose until I saw torches and pitchforks. :o) Got another suggestion for a distinctive font selection, preferably freeware?
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Mr.Wizard♦Jul 14 '14 at 11:00

Thanks a bunch. I presume the "14" is supposed to change the font size, but it doesn't do anything, not even when I add "FontSize->" in front of it. This did work for the BaseStyle solution you suggested in comment.
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stevenvhJul 14 '14 at 9:43

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